How to create or modify a document
Luca Fini (lfini@arcetri.astro.it), July 2005
When you want to add or modify a document in a billboard, you'll use
the form shown in the figure below. Fields in the form are explained below.
- The document title.
- The date of the document: it is automatically initialized to the current
day, for a new document, and to the previous document date when
editing an existing one. It may be changed at will. Dates must be
written in numeric format: mm/dd/yyyy.
- The expiration date of the document. If specified it must be later
than the document date.
- If you check this checkbox the text of the document will be interpreted
as HTML source code, otherwise it will be displayed as typed in, respecting
new lines, ecc. Note that f you do not specify HTML format, you must explicitly put newlines into text,
otherwise it will be displayed as a single, long line.
- When you press this button, the text contained in the box
below is scanned to find URL specifications (e.g.:
http://www.arcetri.inaf.it) and those specifications
are converted into hyperlinks.
Note that if you press the button again at the next screen, the process
is done again, and the result may not be what you want: so use the button
with care.
- Text area. Here you write the text of the document (see also: point 5).
- Attachment area: here you see files you have attached to the main
document. If you uncheck the checkbox after the number, the attachment
will be removed.
- New attachment title. Here you can write a title for a new attachment
you want to attach. The field is filled with a hint you can
change at will.
- Here you must specify the full path of the file you want to
attach (see also point 10).
- In order to find a file to be attached, when you press the "Browse"
button you will get a file selection interaction box. When you
select a file, the full path will be written in the field N.9
- After selecting a file to attach you may press this button to
have it attached (Note: if you have specified a file to attach, any other button will also perform the attachmen other than its specific function).
- When you've finished with all details you press the "Show preview" button to look at the resulting document, as it will be published.
- If you change your mind you press "cancel" and the new document
insertion (or the modification) will be canceled.
Using maintenance commands
Billboard management consists essentially in removing expired documents.
If the proper configuration parametere for the given billboard is defined,
expired documents would be moved into a different directory, instead of
being removed.
Authorized users can invoke the maintenance command
from the maintenance interface.